Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner.

New American Standard Bible

Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.

King James Version

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Holman Bible

as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so You destroy a man’s hope.

International Standard Version

Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

A Conservative Version

The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.

American Standard Version

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

Amplified


Water wears away the stones,
Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,
So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

Bible in Basic English

The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

Darby Translation

The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Julia Smith Translation

The waters rubbed the stones: thou wilt overflow the flowings of the dust of the earth; and thou didst destroy the hope of man.

King James 2000

The waters wear the stones: you wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and you destroy the hope of man.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Water wears away stones; its torrents wash away [the] soil of [the] earth; so you destroy the hope of human beings.

Modern King James verseion

The waters wear away the stones; the outpouring of it washes the dust of the earth; and You cause the hope of man to perish.

NET Bible

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

New Heart English Bible

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

The Emphasized Bible

Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

Webster

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

World English Bible

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

Youngs Literal Translation

Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁחק 
Shachaq 
Usage: 4

thou washest away
שׁטף 
Shataph 
Usage: 31

ספיח 
Caphiyach 
Usage: 5

out of the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and thou destroyest
H6
אבד 
'abad 
Usage: 184

the hope
תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

Context Readings

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

18 The mountains fall away at the last, the rocks are removed out of their place; 19 the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner. 20 Thou prevailest against him, so that he passeth away; thou changes his estate, and puttest him from thee.



Cross References

Genesis 6:17

For behold, I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh from under heaven, wherein breath of life is, so that all that is in the earth shall perish.

Genesis 7:21-23

And all flesh that moved on the earth, both birds, cattle and beasts, perished; with all that crept on the earth, and all men:

Job 7:6

my days pass over more speedily than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 19:10

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am undone: My hope hath he taken away from me, as it were a tree plucked up by the root.

Job 27:8

What hope hath the hypocrite, though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart's desire?

Psalm 30:6-7

And in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be removed." And why? Thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong.

Ezekiel 37:11

Moreover, he said unto me, "Thou son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, we are clean cut off.'

Luke 12:19-20

and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'

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